wave washing
A form of hunting used by some pods of orcas to drive a prey animal seeking refuge on…A form of hunting used by some pods of orcas to drive a prey animal (such as a seal) seeking refuge on a sheet of ice into the water, in which members of the pod swim together at high speed towards the sheet to create a powerful wave that breaks it up.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A form of hunting used by some pods of orcas to drive a prey animal (such as a seal) seeking refuge on a sheet of ice into the water, in which members of the pod swim together at high speed towards the sheet to create a powerful wave that breaks it up.
Origin
From wave + washing (“move or erode by the force of water”).From wave + washing (“move or erode by the force of water”).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable